Apr 8 • 🍎 Nutrition & Fitness 💪🏼
⚖️Why Hitting Your Calorie Goal and Protein Goal are so Important 🥩
⚖️ Calories dictate the number on the scale
🪞 Protein dictates what you see in the mirror.
⚡️When you're in a calorie deficit, your body needs energy
It's going to pull from somewhere. That could be muscle OR fat.
How you ensure it pulls primarily from fat is by hitting your protein goal. One gram per pound of goal body weight is a great place to start.
Here's why this works:
1️⃣ Protein preserves your lean muscle tissue during the deficit.
2️⃣ Protein is the most satiating macronutrient. This means when you eat protein, you stay fuller longer, and you don't crave as much. This will help you stick to your plan.
3️⃣ Your body burns 20 to 30 percent of the calories in protein just digesting it. So protein costs more energy to break down.
To summarize:
If you hit your calories but skip protein, you will lose weight. But some of that weight will be muscle.
😰You will feel weaker
😥 Have less definition,
🐌 Your metabolism will slow down over time.
🛑 That's not what you want 🛑
If you hit both calories AND protein consistently, while doing some resistance work, you will :
💪 Preserve muscle
💪 Be Leaner
💪 Stronger
💪 Have energy
💪 Look better at your goal weight
🍽️ You will also get to eat more long-term because more muscle burns more calories at rest.
⁉️And who doesnt want to eat more food?!?!
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⚖️Why Hitting Your Calorie Goal and Protein Goal are so Important 🥩
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